Several hands stretched out for free meals at the refugee camp illustrates

Step 1: Analyze the question The sentence is "Several hands stretched out for free meals at the refugee camp." We need to identify the figure of speech. The word "hands" stands in for the people who are reaching out.

Step 2: Explain the concept

• Antithesis: placing contrasting ideas side by side (e.g., "To err is human; to forgive, divine").
• Euphemism: using a mild or polite expression in place of a harsh one (e.g., "passed away" for "died").
• Litotes: understatement that affirms something by negating its opposite (e.g., "He is not a bad singer").
• Synecdoche: a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part (e.g., "all hands on deck" or "boots on the ground").

Step 3: Apply to the sentence "Hands" is a part of the body used to represent the whole people (the refugees) who are reaching out for food. There is no contrast (so not antithesis), no softening of a harsh idea (so not euphemism), and no understatement through negation (so not litotes). The part (hands) stands for the whole (persons), which is synecdoche.

Step 4: Answer The correct option is D. Synecdoche.

Tip: When a body part or a small piece of something stands for a whole person or thing (hands, heads, boots, wheels), think synecdoche. Remember it as "Part for the whole."